What if morality isn’t about obeying the right authority, but about cultivating an honest inner life? Ancient texts often point beyond rules, power, and status toward personal responsibility, intellectual humility, and integrity that begins within and shows up clearly in how we live, speak, and choose.
Have you ever noticed how often morality gets reduced to rule-keeping? How being “good” is treated as obedience to the right authority rather than the courage to think, choose, and live honestly? We’re often told that virtue comes from following the rules, but rarely asked what’s shaping our intentions, our words, or the quiet decisions no one else sees.
Welcome to Mythologizing the Bible, where we’ll be taking a look at three readings from the Christian Bible through the lens of “sacred myth.”
As we reflect on the readings for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, we’ll explore the tension between external authority and internal integrity, and what these ancient texts suggest about moral maturity, personal responsibility, and the power of an honest inner life.
In this episode, we’re asking a challenging question: What happens when we stop outsourcing our conscience to tradition, power, or religious certainty and start taking responsibility for the choices, thoughts, and words that actually shape our lives? Because if morality only works when it’s enforced, it’s probably not morality at all.
